Welcome to the USA

by Carlos
(San Diego, Ca )

The right to be in this magnificent country is a privilege. If Illegal Immigrants wish to be welcome in this country, as opposed to the country they chose to leave, then they need to show appreciation for the privilege of being here.

You show your appreciation for being here by being contributors of this great society.

You are not contributing to this society by "working under the table", driving down wages for legal citizens and still collecting the maximum entitlements at the expense of other members of society.

Illegal Immigrants are "not allowed" to work in the US legally without a work visa. In the current job market, they are not likely to get a work visa or a work visa extension. Going back to the home country is not the best option.

If they are working or not working, they are still making more money than most legal citizens working at a minimum wage job.

I personally know of illegal immigrants that get WIC and other welfare entitlements that have a house and far better cars than I could afford on my wages. (I understand that they are just availing themselves to what our government is doling out.)

We create who we are in this life through a progression of decisions. We created the person that we are today from the decisions that we made in the past. We are creating the person that we will be tomorrow by the decisions that we make today. (Marvin L. Nelson)